PLATTEVILLE, March 25 — Five rallies opposing President Donald Trump will be held in the area Saturday.

A Rural No Kings rally will be held at the Iowa County Courthouse in Dodgeville Saturday at 10 a.m.

A news release called No Kings “a nonviolent national day of action and mass mobilization in response to the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption of the Trump administration. President Trump is governing through fear, intimidation and hoarding power that isn’t his — the opposite of democracy. While families are crushed by the rising costs of groceries, housing and healthcare, the administration has supercharged funding for ICE to terrorize our communities. A government that truly cared about safety would invest in people and schools, not give massive giveaways to billionaires while sending masked agents into our streets and starting unnecessary wars.”

Scheduled speakers will include Rev. David Couper, former police chief of Madison, and “local high school student Alayna,” who the news release said is “passionate about living in a democracy that values love over hate.”

Three additional rallies are scheduled by Indivisible Southwest Wisconsin Saturday, in City Park in Platteville at 10 a.m., at the North Marquette Road–East Blackhawk Avenue roundabout in Prairie du Chien at 11 a.m., and from Ryland Park to the Grant County Courthouse square in Lancaster at 12:30 p.m.

Grant County Indivisible, host of the Lancaster event, is promoting a “We the People” theme, according to the group’s news release. “We want to remind the White House, Congress, and our neighbors that we citizens are in charge, and we are not happy with the actions and wars initiated by the administration,” said Molly Mangan, spokesperson for the Indivisible group. We want to show our patriotism by speaking out.”

Another No Kings event is scheduled at the Green County Courthouse in Monroe Saturday at 3 p.m.